This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.

Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2015.

House Bills

HB 1048-S

by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Stanford, Vick, and Ryu; by request of Department of Financial Institutions)

Authorizes, funds, and encourages the establishment of therapeutic courts.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1306

by Representatives Hayes, Orwall, Smith, Gregerson, and Kochmar

Concerning the management of state-owned aquatic lands by cities for the purposes of operating a publicly owned marina.

Authorizes the department of natural resources and a city, upon request of the city, to enter into an agreement authorizing the city to manage state-owned aquatic lands for the purpose of operating a publicly owned marina.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1307

by Representatives Harris, Tharinger, Walkinshaw, and Kagi; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Concerning enforcement standards for residential services and support providers.

Revises enforcement standards and penalties for residential services and support providers.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1308

by Representatives Vick, Kirby, Parker, and Stanford

Addressing surplus lines of insurance.

Addresses insurance premium taxes with regard to surplus line insurance.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1309

by Representatives Vick and Kirby

Concerning the sale of floating homes or floating on-water residences by brokers.

Authorizes licensed real estate brokers to sell floating homes and floating on-water residences without being licensed as a vessel dealer.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1310

by Representatives Takko, Kochmar, Holy, and Buys; by request of Washington State Patrol

Concerning standards adopted by the national fire protection association and the state building code council.

Transfers certain duties from the chief of the Washington state patrol to the state building code council relating to smoke detection devices in dwelling units.

Modifies alternative fuel source placard provisions.

Transfers certain duties of the state fire protection board to the state building code council relating to above-ground used oil collection tanks.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1311

by Representatives S. Hunt and Holy; by request of Washington State Patrol

Concerning a nonoperating advisory board reporting to the state patrol.

Eliminates the advisory board on missing and exploited children.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1312

by Representatives Goodman and Moscoso

Concerning the limited exoneration of bail forfeitures in instances where the prosecuting agency declines extradition of a defendant.

Addresses limited exoneration of bail forfeitures when a prosecuting agency declines extradition of a defendant.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Implement a carbon pollution market program for emissions from covered entities by creating and distributing allowances that are tradable regionally, nationally, and internationally; and

Provides a carbon pollution competitiveness business and occupation tax credit.

Exempts from disclosure under the public records act, financial, commercial, and proprietary information whose release would place a registered entity submitting the information at a competitive disadvantage.

Creates the carbon pollution reduction account.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1315

by Representatives Manweller, Condotta, and Schmick

Providing for certain variances in the plumbing and electrical trades.

Requires the department of labor and industries to grant a variance, upon application, to a specialty electrician, a master specialty electrician, or a specialty plumber under certain circumstances.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Allowing for an arrest without a warrant when a police officer has probable cause to believe a person has violated certain temporary protection orders.

Authorizes a peace officer to arrest without a warrant and take into custody a person whom the peace officer has probable cause to believe has violated any temporary order for protection granted under chapter 7.40 RCW (injunctions) pursuant to chapter 74.34 RCW (abuse of vulnerable adults).

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1317

by Representatives Zeiger, Kilduff, Kirby, Wylie, and Sawyer

Revising the lien for collection of sewer charges by counties.

Allows lien recording and release fees for collection of sewer charges by counties.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Increases the amount of funds that may be distributed to Pierce, Skagit, and Whatcom counties for a deficit incurred in the operation and maintenance of the ferry system owned and operated by the county.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1319

by Representatives Goodman and Moscoso; by request of Department of Corrections

Making technical corrections to processes for persons sentenced for offenses committed prior to reaching eighteen years of age.

Makes technical corrections to processes for persons sentenced for offenses committed before reaching eighteen years of age.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1320

by Representatives Goodman and Moscoso; by request of Department of Corrections

Creating an identicard program for certain incarcerated offenders.

Requires the department of corrections, in conjunction with the department of licensing, to implement an identicard program to provide state identification to offenders upon release to the community, which is critical for accessing services, employment, housing, and various other opportunities in the community.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Reevaluating the delegation of authority to state agencies in regards to programs that address greenhouse gas emissions.

Establishes the Washington state energy freedom act.

Prohibits a state agency from implementing a cap and trade system, regulating motor vehicle fuel economy, regulating the carbon content of transportation fuels, taking actions related to the implementation of a carbon tax, or otherwise addressing greenhouse gas emissions without direct and specific legislative authorization to conduct the activity.

Requires a state agency in the process of, or planning for, the implementation of a cap and trade system, regulation of motor vehicle fuel economy, regulation of the carbon content of transportation fuels, administration of a tax on greenhouse gases, or otherwise addressing greenhouse gas emissions as of the effective date of this act to suspend all activities related to those efforts, including the enforcing or administrating of any existing rules, until certain conditions are satisfied.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Prohibiting the use of transportation funds for public works of art or artistic designs.

Prohibits funds appropriated to a state transportation agency, and state funds provided to other state agencies or local authorities by grants, contracts, or other means for transportation projects, from being expended to acquire works of art.

Prohibits funds appropriated to a state transportation agency from being expended with respect to transportation projects on decorative finishes or designs that are not integral to the function of a transportation structure.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1327

by Representatives Nealey, Rodne, Goodman, and Kilduff

Addressing the issuance of subpoenas in proceedings involving the employment security department.

Addresses the issuance of subpoenas in proceedings involving the employment security department.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Authorizes a notice to a party or other document required under applicable law in an insurance transaction or that is to serve as evidence of insurance coverage to be delivered, stored, and presented by electronic means as long as it meets the requirements of the uniform electronic transactions act.

Authorizes standard property and casualty insurance policies and endorsements that do not contain personally identifiable information to be mailed, delivered, or posted on the insurer's web site.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1330

by Representatives Kochmar, Orwall, Holy, and Haler

Addressing the enhancement for attempting to elude a police vehicle.

Requires the enhancement for attempting to elude a police vehicle to be: (1) Mandatory for a second or subsequent finding;

(2) Served in total confinement; and

(3) Run consecutively with all other sentencing provisions.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Permitting cities, towns, and counties to reduce the buffer between recreational marijuana businesses and various entities.

Authorizes a local government to permit the licensing of recreational marijuana business premises and the placement of advertisements of marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, or marijuana-infused products within one thousand feet but not less than five hundred feet from any of the following facilities: An elementary or secondary school, playground, recreation center or facility, child care center, public park, public transit center, or library, or certain game arcade admissions.

Increasing the flexibility for industrial development district levies for public port districts.

Increases the flexibility for public port districts with regard to industrial development district levies.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1338

by Representatives Buys, Blake, and Van Werven

Concerning the diversion of certain municipal waters.

Allows a municipal owner of foreign water discharged to the Nooksack river between river miles seventeen and nineteen to claim and divert up to an equal quantity of water annually from the Nooksack river without satisfying laws governing water appropriation if certain conditions are met.

Creates the nurse educator pay it forward program to provide greater access to higher education for registered nurses pursuing careers as educators.

Requires the student achievement council to develop and implement the program in collaboration with the nursing commission.

Creates the nurse educator pay it forward account.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1345

by Representatives Lytton, Magendanz, and Bergquist

Adopting a definition and standards of professional learning.

Adopts a statewide definition of effective professional learning.

Directs public schools and school districts to establish targeted, sustained, relevant professional learning opportunities that meet the definition and are aligned to state and district goals.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1346

by Representatives Blake, Takko, Sawyer, Appleton, and Buys

Allowing additional hunting opportunities on state land.

Authorizes the parks and recreation commission to expressly authorize hunting in specific state parks or specific portions of state parks as long as all hunting activities are conducted consistent with the fish and wildlife code.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Requires the criminal justice training commission to provide crisis intervention training to new full-time law enforcement officers employed after July 1, 2017, by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1349

by Representative S. Hunt

Concerning requesting public records for the purpose of obtaining exempted information relating to employment and licensing.

Prohibits a party obtaining the identity of employees or volunteers from an agency from using that information for the purpose of obtaining employment and licensing information.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Providing for election of supreme court justices from three judicial districts.

Requires the secretary of state, in cooperation with the chief justice, to assign by lot: (1) Each supreme court judicial position to be filled in November 2018 to a judicial district; and

(2) Each judicial position to be filled in November 2020 and in November 2022 to a supreme court judicial district.

Takes effect January 1, 2018, if the proposed amendment to Article IV, section 3 of the state Constitution, providing for the election of supreme court justices from judicial districts, is approved by the voters at the next general election.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1351

by Representatives Blake, Harris, DeBolt, and Stanford

Concerning license fees for national guard members under Title 77 RCW.

Provides free small game hunting licenses, supplemental migratory bird permits, and big game hunting licenses to national guard members.

Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act.

Authorizes a qualifying utility to use certain eligible renewable resources to meet its compliance obligation.

Prohibits a qualifying utility from transferring or selling these eligible renewable resources to another utility for compliance purposes under the energy independence act.

Prohibits allocated renewable energy credits from being transferred or sold to another qualifying utility for compliance under the energy independence act.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

by Representatives Hudgins, Vick, and Kagi; by request of Liquor Control Board

Allowing the Washington state liquor control board to accept donations for funding informational material for the purpose of improving public awareness about marijuana consumption.

Requires the liquor control board to accept and deposit into the general fund-local account and disburse, subject to appropriation, federal grants or other funds or donations from any source for the purpose of improving public awareness of the health risks associated with marijuana consumption by youth and the abuse of marijuana by adults.

Requiring the student achievement council to develop a grant program to encourage training for students studying in the medical field to work with individuals with disabilities.

Requires the student achievement council to: (1) Develop a centralized program for grants for institutions for programs designed to develop training projects focused upon improvement of services to adult individuals with developmental disabilities; and

(2) Administer the grant program in consultation with the department of health.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1368

by Representatives Reykdal, Stokesbary, Van De Wege, and Springer

Removing disincentives to the voluntary formation of regional fire protection service authorities by equalizing certain provisions with existing laws governing fire protection districts and by clarifying the formation process.

Requires the department of commerce to prepare recommendations, in the form of draft legislation, to modify or repeal statutory provisions associated with chapter 36.70A RCW that are affected by the repeal of that chapter and submit the recommendations to the appropriate legislative committees.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Requiring disclosure of specified contract information by state and local agencies.

Requires disclosure of contract information by state and local agencies.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1375

by Representatives Taylor, Scott, Young, G. Hunt, Shea, and Buys

Concerning criminal trespass on private property.

Eliminates special immunities from prosecution for trespass, whether those immunities have been legislatively granted to the government or to private persons or entities.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1376

by Representatives Shea, Holy, and McCaslin

Excluding an accommodation maintained by a not-for-profit sectarian organization from RCW 49.60.040(2).

Revises the definition of "any place of public resort, accommodation, assemblage, or amusement," for purposes of the state civil rights act, to exclude an accommodation maintained by a not-for-profit sectarian organization.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Declares an intent to: (1) Prioritize K-12 education investments in a manner designed to best achieve improved student outcomes;

(2) Make college education more affordable while increasing bachelor and graduate degree production, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields; and

(3) Increase opportunities for low-income families to enroll in high quality preschool and early learning programs.

Provides for submission of this act to a vote of the people.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1386

by Representatives Magendanz, Muri, Hargrove, McCaslin, and Pettigrew

Concerning school employee workforce reductions.

Provides a process for school employee workforce reductions.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1387

by Representatives Takko, Sells, and Moscoso

Supporting apprenticeship training for building officials.

Ensures that code officials have access to current training on the most recent code updates.

Imposes a fee of two dollars on each building permit issued by a county or a city.

Creates the code officials apprenticeship and training account.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1388

by Representatives Riccelli, Takko, Holy, Bergquist, Farrell, Zeiger, Sawyer, Taylor, Magendanz, Gregerson, and Ormsby; by request of Secretary of State

Ordering development of processes to allow prerecorded video testimony and written testimony on pending legislation.

Establishes the accessible legislative testimony act.

Requires the legislature and legislative agencies, through the joint legislative systems committee, to develop processes to allow the public to provide testimony on pending legislation through prerecorded videos and written statements.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Addressing the scope of state fire service mobilization and ensuring compliance with existing state and federal disaster response policies.

Clarifies that state fire service mobilization be allowed in all incidents to which fire departments, fire districts, and regional fire protection authorities typically respond, as long as the mobilization meets the requirements identified in the state fire service mobilization plan.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1391

by Representatives Hudgins, MacEwen, Parker, Appleton, and Magendanz; by request of Office of Financial Management

Aligning functions of the consolidated technology services agency, office of the chief information officer, and department of enterprise services.

Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the office of the chief information officer within the office of financial management, pertaining to the office of the chief information officer, to the consolidated technology services agency.

Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the department of enterprise services, pertaining to statewide information technology services and applications, to the consolidated technology services agency.

Creates the consolidated technology services revolving account, the statewide information technology system development revolving account, the statewide information technology system maintenance and operations revolving account, and the shared information technology system revolving account.

Requires the inventory system that accounts for owned or leased facilities used by state government to be incorporated into the state expenditure information web site maintained by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee.

Requires the department of enterprise services to maintain a web site, that is accessible to the public, of the following: (1) Sole source contracts;

(2) Current contract opportunities on the state's enterprise vendor registration and bid notification system; and

(3) Contractors currently debarred by the director of the department.

Requires the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, in collaboration with the department of enterprise services, to establish and make available to the public a state contracting information web site.

Requires the administrative office of the courts, the office of public defense, the department of retirement systems, the secretary of state, the military department, the department of commerce, and the criminal justice training center to report to the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee the amount of funds distributed or expended in the prior fiscal year for each local government or other entity for certain programs and expenditures.

Requires the office of minority and women's business enterprises to identify state agencies and educational institutions: (1) In the lowest quintile of utilization of minority and women-owned contractors;

(2) In the lowest quintile of the dollar value awarded to minority and women-owned contractors; and

(3) That are performing significantly below their established goals.

Requires agencies to annually submit to the department of enterprise services a list of performance-based incentives, bonuses, or awards paid under contract to contractors.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 16

WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

Jan 19

Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

SB 5280

by Senators Kohl-Welles, Braun, and Warnick

Concerning the sale of beer and cider by grocery store licensees.

Authorizes a grocery store licensee, upon approval by the liquor control board, to receive an endorsement to permit the sale of beer and cider in a sanitary container brought to the premises by the purchaser, or provided by the licensee or manufacturer, and filled at the tap by the licensee at the time of sale.

Requires the department of labor and industries to establish a nonresidential security system specialty electrician certificate.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5282

by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, and Warnick

Concerning residential security system installations.

Exempts from licensing requirements, under chapter 19.28 RCW (electricians and electrical installations), persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, and other entities for work limited to certain installations in one and two family dwellings.

Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Implement a carbon pollution market program for emissions from covered entities by creating and distributing allowances that are tradable regionally, nationally, and internationally; and

Exempts from disclosure under the public records act, financial, commercial, and proprietary information whose release would place a registered entity submitting the information at a competitive disadvantage.

Creates the carbon pollution reduction account.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5284

by Senators Roach, Fain, Hatfield, and Mullet

Classifying fantasy sports contests as contests of skill.

Exempts from any classification of gambling, fantasy competitions which are considered by the state as games of skill.

Increases the minimum wage to twelve dollars an hour over a four-year time period.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5286

by Senators Baumgartner and Benton

Making ample provisions to support higher education.

Requires the first one cent of the state portion of the sales and use tax for each dollar on which the tax is applied to be dedicated to and used for funding a public system of higher education within the state.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Higher Education.

SB 5287

by Senators Keiser, Frockt, Conway, Parlette, and Hasegawa; by request of Attorney General

Reauthorizing the medicaid fraud false claims act.

Eliminates the termination and repeal, under the sunset act, of the medicaid fraud false claims act.

Concerning the use of hydrocodone products by licensed optometrists in Washington state.

Preserves the ability of licensed optometrists to use hydrocodone products to treat pain, regardless of potential action by agencies of the federal government to reclassify these products as schedule II narcotics.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5294

by Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, and Chase

Concerning school library and technology programs.

Changes the name of the school-library media program to the school library information and technology program.

Allows a municipal owner of foreign water discharged to the Nooksack river between river miles seventeen and nineteen to claim and divert up to an equal quantity of water annually from the Nooksack river without satisfying laws governing water appropriation if certain conditions are met.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.

by Senators Benton and Mullet; by request of Washington State Bar Association

Addressing the prudent investor rule for Washington state trusts, delegation of trustee duties by trustees of a Washington state trust, and standards for authorization and treatment of statutory trust advisors and directed trustees incident to the establishment of Washington state directed trusts.

Establishes the Washington academic, innovation, and mentoring (AIM) program act.

Creates the Washington academic, innovation, and mentoring program to enable eligible neighborhood youth development entities to provide out-of-school time programs for youth ages six to eighteen years of age.

Increases the amount of funds that may be distributed to Pierce, Skagit, and Whatcom counties for a deficit incurred in the operation and maintenance of the ferry system owned and operated by the county.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5308

by Senators Roach, Liias, Dansel, McCoy, Pearson, and Benton; by request of Public Disclosure Commission

Concerning personal financial affairs statement reporting requirements for elected and appointed officials, candidates, and appointees.

Addresses the suspension or modification of financial affairs reporting requirements for certain elected and appointed officials, candidates, and appointees.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5309

by Senators Roach, Liias, Dansel, McCoy, Pearson, Keiser, and Benton; by request of Public Disclosure Commission

Improving efficiency of public disclosure commission operations and requirements.

Changes the duties of the public disclosure commission with regard to operations and requirements.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5310

by Senators Ericksen, McCoy, Sheldon, Honeyford, Ranker, and Cleveland; by request of Energy Facilities Siting and Evaluation Council

Addressing enforcement actions at facilities sited by the energy facility site evaluation council.

Revises the energy facility site evaluation council's enforcement statutes to: (1) Make them more consistent with similar enforcement statutes of the department of ecology and local air pollution control authorities; and

(2) Clarify the appeal process.

Clarifies that certain additional penalties for oil spills may be imposed by the department of ecology at energy facilities under the jurisdiction of the energy facility site evaluation council.

Requires the criminal justice training commission to provide crisis intervention training to new full-time law enforcement officers employed after July 1, 2017, by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.

Increasing the total amount of tax credits allowed under the Washington main street program.

Increases tax credits allowed under the Washington main street program.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.

SB 5314

by Senators Benton, Cleveland, and King

Modifying the use of local storm water charges paid by the department of transportation.

Addresses local storm water charges paid by the department of transportation.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5315

by Senators Roach, Liias, McCoy, Pearson, and Benton; by request of Office of Financial Management

Aligning functions of the consolidated technology services agency, office of the chief information officer, and department of enterprise services.

Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the office of the chief information officer within the office of financial management, pertaining to the office of the chief information officer, to the consolidated technology services agency.

Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the department of enterprise services, pertaining to statewide information technology services and applications, to the consolidated technology services agency.

Creates the consolidated technology services revolving account, the statewide information technology system development revolving account, the statewide information technology system maintenance and operations revolving account, and the shared information technology system revolving account.

Prohibits the superintendent of public instruction and employees and contractors of the superintendent, educational service districts' board of directors, employees, and contractors, and school districts' board of directors, employees, and contractors from collecting, retaining, or using in any manner, student biometric information.

Requires the K-12 data governance group to: (1) Develop a detailed data security plan and procedures to govern the use and maintenance of certain data systems; and

(2) Develop a model plan for school districts to use to safeguard personally identifiable student-level data at the school district level.

Requiring universal screening and provider payment for autism and developmental delays for children in medicaid programs.

Requires the state health care authority to require universal screening and provider payment for autism and developmental delays as recommended by the bright futures guidelines.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5318

by Senators Parlette, Bailey, and Kohl-Welles

Creating the wildlife college student loan program.

Creates the wildlife college student loan program which will be administered by the student achievement council to make awards to the extent funds have been appropriated.

Creates the wildlife college student loan match account.

Expires June 30, 2025.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Higher Education.

SB 5319

by Senator Benton

Preventing the extension of light rail from Oregon to Washington on Interstate 5 between Portland and Vancouver.

Prohibits the department of transportation from expending funds on the design or construction of any project that replaces the bridges on Interstate 5 between Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon and includes light rail.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5320

by Senators Honeyford, Keiser, Ranker, Warnick, and Parlette; by request of Recreation and Conservation Office

Concerning the administrative rate the recreation and conservation funding board may retain to administer the grant programs established in chapter 79A.15 RCW.

Addresses the administration of grant programs by the recreation and conservation funding board.

Requires aircraft excise taxes to be credited by the state treasurer to the aeronautics account for state grants to airports and the administrative expenses associated with grant execution and the collection of excise taxes under chapter 82.48 RCW.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5325

by Senators King, Hobbs, Litzow, Liias, Fain, and Ericksen

Incentivizing the use of alternative fuel commercial use vehicles with tax preferences.

Establishes the clean fuel vehicle incentives act.

Provides a sales and use tax exemption and credits to the business and occupation tax and the public utility tax to increase sales of commercial vehicles that use clean alternative fuel vehicles by ten percent.

Requires a charter, ordinance, regulation, rule, or resolution enacted by a city, town, county, or port district and regulating wages, hours of work, employee retention, or leave from employment to apply equally to both unionized and nonunionized employers.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5333

by Senators Mullet, Litzow, Hill, McCoy, Keiser, and Jayapal

Extending the sales and use tax exemption for clean alternative fuel vehicles.

Creates the electric vehicle charging infrastructure bank, to be administered by the department of transportation, to provide low-interest loans or grants to public or private entities to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure along public highways of the state.

Extends the existing sales and use tax exemption on clean alternative fuel vehicles.

Creates the electric vehicle charging infrastructure account.

Requires the department of revenue to: (1) Determine the amount of the state sales tax collected from the sales of clean alternative vehicles powered by electricity; and

(2) Notify the state treasurer of the amount of sales tax collected.

Requires the state treasurer to transfer that amount from the general fund into the electric vehicle charging infrastructure account.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5334

by Senator Mullet

Lowering reliance on local levies to fund basic education.

Lowers reliance on local levies to fund basic education.

Increases the state property tax and reduces local school levies by the same amount.

Redistributes the increased state levy back to the school district from which it came.

Adjusts property tax exemptions so they are not affected by this act.

-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --

Jan 19

First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5335

by Senators Keiser, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, and Mullet

Creating the nurse educator pay it forward program.

Creates the nurse educator pay it forward program to provide greater access to higher education for registered nurses pursuing careers as educators.

Requires the student achievement council to develop and implement the program in collaboration with the nursing commission.

Limiting the use of automated traffic safety cameras to detect speed violations not in school zones to certain cities.

Authorizes a city with a population of more than one hundred ninety-five thousand located on the west side of the Cascade mountain range to operate an automated traffic safety camera to detect speed violations subject to certain limitations.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5337

by Senators Fraser and Pearson

Modifying per diem rates for port district officers and employees.

Modifies port district officer and employee per diem rate requirements.

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Jan 19

First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5338

by Senators Dansel and Warnick

Creating intermittent-use trailer license plates.

Allows a registered owner to apply to the department of licensing, a county auditor or other agent, or a subagent appointed by the director of licensing for an intermittent-use trailer license plate for an intermittent-use trailer.